Thursday, May 01, 2003

Al-Ahram Weekly had this article on the Arafat-Abbas standoff which indicated Arafat fears that Muhammad Dahlan is being groomed as his successor. That may validate what I've been saying about him. If Dahlan becomes the key figure in a crackdown on militants, however, it could wind up hurting his standing among Palestinians unless accompanied by serious Israeli concessions.

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